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Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra vs iPad Pro 12.9" (6th Gen, 2022)

87 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra
VS
80 out of 100
Apple iPad Pro 12.9
Pad 7 Ultra
iPad Pro 12.9" (6th Gen, 2022)

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 14-inch Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra (with Xiaomi Xring O1) that was released on May 22, 2025, against the Apple iPad Pro 12.9" (6th Gen, 2022), which is powered by Apple M2 (iPad) and came out 2 years and 8 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra
  • Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
  • Comes with 1242 mAh larger battery capacity: 12000 vs 10758 mAh
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 17% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2963K versus 2536K)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Thinner bezels – 6.5% more screen real estate
  • OLED display (versus competitor's Mini LED)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 12.9" (6th Gen, 2022)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra and Apple iPad Pro 12.9" (6th Gen, 2022) crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Pad 7 Ultra
vs
iPad Pro 12.9" (6th Gen, 2022)

Display

Type OLED Mini LED
Size 14 inches 12.9 inches
Resolution 2136 x 3200 pixels 2048 x 2732 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 4:3
PPI 275 ppi 265 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (24-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 92% 85.5%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 100%
PWM - 6401 Hz
Response time - 36 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Pad 7 Ultra
14″ (3:2 ratio) = 90.5 in2
iPad Pro 12.9" (6th Gen, 2022)
12.9″ (4:3 ratio) = 79.9 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 305.82 mm (12.04 inches) 280.6 mm (11.05 inches)
Width 207.47 mm (8.17 inches) 214.9 mm (8.46 inches)
Thickness 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) 6.4 mm (0.25 inches)
Weight 609 g (21.48 oz) 682 g (24.06 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Blue Silver, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Area 634 cm2 (98.4 inches2) 603 cm2 (93.5 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (18th and 33rd place)
iPad Ranking (#9th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra and Apple iPad Pro 12.9" (6th Gen, 2022)
SoC
Chipset Xiaomi Xring O1 Apple M2 (iPad)
Max clock 3700 MHz 3490 MHz
CPU cores 10 (2 + 4 + 2 + 2) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 2 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 4 cores at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 2 cores at 3.9 GHz: Cortex-X925		 - 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Blizzard
- 4 cores at 3.49 GHz: Avalanche
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Immortalis-G925 MP16 Apple GPU 10-core
GPU shading units 2048 1024
GPU clock 1392 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~5701.6 GFLOPS ~2863.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra and Apple iPad Pro 12.9" (6th Gen, 2022)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 20977 -
Single-core score 2737 2617
Multi-core score 9191 10085
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 937172 841074
GPU 996086 801119
Memory 409648 371059
UX 620146 523068
Total score 2963052 2536320
Samples [2 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 93% 76%
Graphics test 19 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 2510 2632
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 77%
Graphics test 37 FPS 33 FPS
Section 1 39 FPS 41 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 33 FPS
Section 3 34 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 9767 8757
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 71%
Graphics test - 40 FPS
Graphics score - 6808
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 19150 -
Video editing 7129 -
Photo editing 29727 -
Data manipulation 18881 -
Writing score 21285 -
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4800 MHz 6400 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 iPadOS 16.1 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 -

Battery

Capacity 12000 mAh 10758 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 40 min)
Full charging time - 2:00 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 07:13 hr
Watching video - 11:20 hr
Gaming - 06:08 hr
Standby - 153 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Quad LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 125°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 10 MP
3) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 10 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV32D CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 4.0
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS - GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* - 1
Type of SIM card No Nano
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot - No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers 8.0 4.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2025 October 2022
Release date May 2025 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) - $1099
Successor - - Apple iPad Pro 13" (7th Gen, 2024)
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Keyboard weight - 709 g
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 20 W
Further details
Notes on Pad 7 Ultra:
    - The Nano Soft screen model is 10g heavier.
    - NFC is supported for data transfer only.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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